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PRoE xrNe,s srcYoLx rnls.
He Gees rreu Lsrv,y ls,esa ~ the nrisr,
In Forty Ntnutes.


IN Ferty n1inutee.
It was bad day yesterday for bicycle
riding even on q smooth Nicholson pavement
in the Park, but for bicycle ride upon the
surface OF the bay Il was extra tough weather.
The feat WAS accomplished, nevertheless, BY
Prof Alphonse King. the hero Of the water
walking shoes Of come years ago. The passen-
gers aboard the II o'clock steamer to Redlow's
Island had the bicycle for companion.
Itconssts Of q flfty-inch wheel fastened upon
. catamaran about twelve feet in length. The
rim OF the wheel was armed with paddlee, each
about six inches long and five inches deep
placed AT distances OF eight inches around the
rim. They dipped In the water about ten inches
The bicycle part WAS decorated 10 red. white,
and blue. A ten.cent American Nag noaied
noo 9n the rnad1r, which was WORKED pyawhe
Prof. King Is comely man OF IS, with keen
III ends f H. Was 81 f hls viz.
knoited cogastiisbiy under her black islt hat,
in blue merino with neat brown sscaue.
AZ noon the bicycle was lsunched rowboat
aboard hall a dozen Journalistic. the Profess.
sor's nlueky wife: aud bulky satehsl. contain
O'Clock STARTED of with wave OF the handker-
chiel.. hutter Of the nag, and cheer from the
crowd on the wharf. The Professor was
dressed In q black Prince Albert cost, q natty
silk hat and rubber leggngs.
The remnants OF the cyclone OF the days be-
fore stirred up lonR-reHching swells and
choppy waves which sometimes bruke upon
his knees. The loan from the rapidly reyolv-
Ing paddles flew up behind and drenched his
cout tails and at times his shoulders. just OF
the island he encountered powerful eddy
which taxed his balancing abilities and ocoa-
sionally nearly enRulteu him..
His hands were tightly clasped upon tho
steering wheel In front OF him, and his feet,
which were rs often submerged as visible. ept
up a steady churning upon the pedals. Tugs
passing blew shrill blasts, and the ferryboats
were thronKed with curious and enthusiastic
spectators To all salutes, either steam or
vocal, King replied with wave Of his glossy
but water-soaked beaver.
Fort William Was made In twenty minutes,
and the Battery at 1870. Here the cross cur
rents threatened danger not only to the VEN
turous bicycst. who pitched this way and
that, In imminent risk OF upsetting. but to the
rowboat. which shipped gallons OF water at
however. at 1850. Here the Professor waved
his handkerchief. the reporters cheered. q
score Of whistles sounded. and all hands
pulled for the,shore.
King WAS presented later in the day with a
large floral and wax figure of the statue OF
Liberty. The presentation Was made by A. H.
Davis Mr. Davis has offered King $1,000 to
ride his bicycle from High Bridge to Harlem
some doy this month.
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HE OBJECTS TO DANCING

The Rev. Jacob Whitehurst 81 East New
York OGers His RosiGnatioa.
The Rev. Jacob Whitehurst of the First
Baptist Church. East New York. has resigned,
and has furnished this explanation Of his
action to the church and society:
Inssmuch some of the officers and members Of this
church willing guide the aairs OF this church
in accordance with the principles Of tho word Of God.
and also Mthno!d their :ympa,ny and eSod ~ ron
lions from the church dsoord aid echsns being the
church PRAYING that uod may send yon pastor who
shall guide the Affairs Of this church to His glory and 70
your satisfaotton.
There has been considerable discord in the
church over the collection Of money for the
support Of the Baptist Association. and over
other social amusements. The resignation
will be read In the church to-day. and will be
acted upon at special meeting on Friday
night
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TROUBLES At rAHLE0UAH
Elect on Qssrreis aaa Outiawry Disturbing
the Chez okees.


the Chez 0koea
WARRINGTON, Oct. "a. On Monday the
Cherokee National Council meets at Table,
quah under circumstances certain to create
great excitement The Cherokee Legislature,
or Council. consists Of about sixty members,
one third being Senators and the remainder
Representative With the present income
from leased grazing lands and other resources,
including claims upon the United States. tho
tribal government 10 said not only to be out Of
debt, but to have o surplus In It's treasury. Tho
Cherokee Nation Ia sufficiently nourishing
financially. at all events. and its executive and
legislative offices are eagerly sought for and
contested.
In the early part of the present month an
election was held for chief Tho candidates
were Robert Bunch, supported BY the National
party. which has been in power for many years,
and Joel Mayes. o half breed Tho returns as
sent to TshleQush, the capital, BY the officers
OF the election districts are said to have given
Mayes majority: but It L. now charged that
the Government altered the returns so as to
elect Bunch by o small majority. ChiefBushy-
head. who is one OF tho best known Of tho
capacity as we'll as OF general Intelligence,
ss's H.: q: ? sss
MAy6S party, on the Otnor mana. nave resolved
that their candidate shall receive the ONCE to
which they believe him entitled, The right In
tho case cannot. OF course. b determined I'M
til the exact facts are known. but the vory
statement Of the case shows that tho two par
both strongly CONVINCED o., the Justice Of their
gathering Of armed men to TahleQuah TO await
the session OF the Legislature, and since the
CherokoeS have regular electoral system and
government Of their own. United States troops
would not be likely to interfere unless actual
civil war should break out In the Indian Ter
ritory.
The question involved In this election has
more than Q mere personal interest for tho
candidates and their supporters, and moro
than q local Importance 1t 10 felt IN the Chero-
kee Nation that the time Is at hand for deter
mining the great subjects now pressed upon
them BY Congress OF opening the Indian Terri
tory to the benefits OF civilization. including
the establishment Of railroads. tho settlement
Of surplus lands, and the voluntary assignment
Of lands tn severalty. from which latter they
Congress-. L has been reported that Mayes
support some Of the projects for breaking
down the present isolation Of the tribe.
A second source Of trouble is the presence In
the Cherokee settlements OF an organized band
OF outlaws who have lately boon pundering
burning and numbering without mercy: A
Vigilance. Committee recently hunted them
down. and . desperate fight onsued. withlosses
on both sides This reign OF lswlessness,
coupled with the political troubles, must make
the condition OF the Cherokee Nation o dis
turbed one for some time to como.
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sL. will Never Come Back to HI. Arns.

A club-footed dwarf. without arms, who de-
serioed himself ~ /" Leonardo Baldwin the Armissa
Wonder" asked the police Yesterday TO look for bis
wife who he seemed to lear hah deserted him they
had loft kabinsons circus he said At frenehtown j.
and were on their way to Boston. where they had
ErOntAhle sngAgemeut In . museum. whom he aWOke
IN their odxIs t al urssu yesterday morn
ing he discovered thai his wife missing with the
trunk checks and 81 u. MIRA Baldwin could not fulnl
her Boston engagement without her huSbsnd.
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TIVE Important D-sls,oaa.

BOSTON. Oct. 2a-The full bench Of the Bu-
prsme court has rendered decision important to
Of mileage ticket that detached tickets are not good for
Though no ticket was offered The Court also made .
deeson that hotel guests not legally negligent By
failing holt tho unless regulations brought
TO their notice requesting them 70 DO 60.
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Or,..ta, Mall. vi. I'll. Canada. P.s,as.

OTTAWA, Dot. 22.-The Dominion Govern
rsnt ha completed arrangement for transportation
OF malls ON the route between Great Britain aud
Japan via the Canadian Pacific Railway Van ouVer
viii be made Q poatAl centre under the arrange
neat and I'll FOREIGN nsils coming kAst and dsstinsd
zibbtsd from there fhe sorting OF foreign Ails In
soasse e E.aapeFtAito9 yin b aeas :. hsatEe. Whoh
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Adam Bower OF % Pitt street took q knife
with hin Shen he went u bed very drunk about A,
NJ yesterday Ills wife. whom hS rsQu ut bsAtiurs had
Isndered waiehiuL the lookout and seized her
SnI.a and usd from the room bsysr then cut his
RAL where be died shortly after Mr., bsyer vas con.
Essstsa " ths Asighbor IN wh0es lodging shs had
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TsIr.raph Operators Discharges.

BALTIMORE. Dot. 22.-About one hundred OPP
orators employed by the Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph
Company were to-day notinsd that the services would
not be required sitter the Sal and notice issued
once ecnsodAted With he western Unloa onoaA e.
oaDt - BAlftmoEa Cumberland. and tfodeEtek
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Three Person. Killed by an Expio.'oa.

WATERBURY. Oct 22.-Ino oven useu TOT
japannlng the works OF J. H. sessions Sons In Brs
o ,"nlL, skp.oued with terrific to-day
Immediately setting the building on are There were
ton male employees In Tho room At ths time When Lhe
ARE was SxtinRsted afteTwRrd three dead bodies
wers taken fran the ruins They were While Young
aged ~ years; Burt Ueyeand AGED 10 yeATa and John
shame aged III years The others severity Injured are
panlei Ilrin aged years AMI Willie Bonne aged 10
years There reason given Tor the explosion. nor
= any person responsible Tor tbs accident
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aaada Expects C"npva.atisa fer the ssisea
SeAI-r~.

OTTAWA, Oct. Alt is believed hero that the
reported rupirs between secretary BayArd and Attor
General arlapd the Bshrng Sea ssizursa and
the formers tAe admission that the Canadian seAlers
we're wTOnITully seized will enable the Dominion
iovernmsni obtain compensation for their owners
without uiliCIlIy.
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New Life Gets ahead of Death.

The enterprise OF the Heath Department In
rnlhing doctors with postal eArda for the reporting Of
births d bearing fruit Ordinarily more deaths arc ~
ported, and bal go deaths, ....f I'd. !.
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Edward q Stokes always smokes tho Same brand OF
cigars He can't have political tnstinotA for when ho
oners an acquaintance Acisar IL 10 OF the brand he
smokes himself This u about Ave inches long OF
pure Havana tobacco and Of . mild navor. An old
smoker could blow away dozen Of them and feel no
effect Piacidiy 10 what Mr. stokes aims A. and he's
getting moro OF IL every day
The absorption or the B. and o. telegraph Company
by the Western Union will throw large number Of com
petent Of paying jobs Nearly all the B. and O.
supsrintendsnts will DO lot loose upon the world aud
with little prospect Of finding situations Of equal value
Most OF them were induced 20 90 from Western
Union By offers OF largely increased salaries Tho Offers
were accepted In the face OF . certainty that tho
door Of Western Union would DO forever after closed
to them They led to bslsve that the b. and o.
had como TO stay, and told that Bob Garrett
chip o1he old block They discovered that he wasn't
too late bsnsnt thsmselvsA Now they must prepare
u attack tho world In fresh spot a. there Ia room
for them In the Postal and United Linea They took
their chances and when II came 10 pinch Bob Jarrett
proved man OF straw.
when an American feels the need OF IN inapiIsr and
thinks that carefully graduated dose OF WhlSksy and
milk would the spot he steps Up the bar and
little Of the sams viii ask for whits velvet" The
Canadian V rather ahead In this Instance There 10
smooshnsss well rohnss- about white velvet
that II lacking In plain whisksy and milk
In all swiAdnns schemes the capper 10 big factor He
Ia the who makes bogus bots with the thrsscard
monte He aids In the disposition Of green goods"
lie assists ~ mock auecns lie turns up tho races
lie may be the doors OF tho Exchanges Ito
makes purchases with loud voice and great publicity
to induce others buy one phase Of the eAppsrs woFk
h scan whsFs Of uptovn blildinss are occupied
with tshAntA Who ass more los ee rent unti the
badia sold aaA tAs purchaser aaAs hat taaAais
~ Aoss plsA1 ~ AaSsgpa.,a tAayves@
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-05-05
OarDenters' Demands.

BRocKToN, Mass, May 4.-The carpenters
have sent the following circular to their en-
ployers: "We, the carpenters of Brockton,
do hereby demand that on and after May /,
1887, the wages shall be $3.50 as a minimum
price per day for ten hours work until Au-
gust /, 1887, and that on and after that date
$250 shall be the minimum price for nine
hours work"
The reason for fixing the change in a days
work at August l, was to allow the employ
ers to finish all contracts before the change
went into effect. The Brockton bricklayers,
Upholsterers' assembly, No. 472O, Knights of
Labor, has ordered a strike here, and as a
result about fifty journeymen masons noti-
ied their respective employers that they
should Go no more work until their wages
were raised from 50, the present rate, to
$3.50 per day. No employers have acceeded
70 the demands Of the strikers.
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THURSDAY, s
KNOCKED OUT m THREE ROUNDS.
Hughey Regan and Mike Breslin Engage
in an Early Morning Fight.

NEW YORK, May 4.--Hughey Regan and
Mike Breslin, both of this city, fought q
prize fight at day break this morning for q
purse of $500, Queensberry rules. The men
wore kid glovss with the fingers cut off. The
fight took place in the dining-room of hotel
near Pelham Heights, West Chester county.
Regan is tw snty mine year old and weighed
132 pounds. He stands five feet seven inches
in height. It was his first fight and he was
clearly overmatched. Breslin, who is but
nineteen years Of age, has figured in several
encounters. He was decidedly the better
man of the two and did most of the fighting.
He weighed 1875 pounds and stood five feet
six and one-half inches in height.
In the first round Breslin rushed in and
knocked Regan clean down three times in
succession with heavy blows. Breslin, in
the second round, again hoored Regan twice
and drove him all over the room. Breslin
gained first blood in the first round The
third round was almost a repetition of the
first two. Breslin drove his opponent all
around the ring, getting in some heavy
blows, and finally landing a stinger on
Regan's jaw, which sent him in heap,
senseless and bleeding. He was unable to
recover in the ten seconds allowed before
calling time and the fight was awarded to
Breslin. The later received little or no pun
ishmant
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OUR WASHINGTON NEWS.
AN IMPORTANT ORDER ISSUED FROM
THE POSTMASTER GENERAL.

Postal Facilities Extended Into China.
The Rates of POstage-wOrkmen BusIly
Engaged in Brecting a Fence Around
the National Drill Grounds.
WASHINGTON, May 4.-Postmaster Gen.
sral Villas to-day issued the following inn
portant order: On and after this date arti-
sles of every kind and nature which are ad-
mitted to the United States domestic mails,
Ihan be admitted to the mails exchanged be-
tween the United States and United States
postal agency at Shanghai, China, subject,
however, to the following rates of postage,
which in all cases shall be fully prepaid:
First class matter, five cents for each half
ounces or fraction of one-half ounce; postal
cards, two cents each.
Second and third class matter, and samples
Of merchandise, not exceeding eight ounces
in weight-One cent for each two ounces or
fraction of two ounces.
Fourth-class matter-One cent for each
ounce or fraction Vi an ounce.
Registration fee-Ten cents; no additional
charge for return receipt Ordered further:
That articles other than letters in their usual
and ordinary form, shall never be closed
against inspection, but must be so wrapped
or incloSed that they may be readily and
thoroughly examined by postmasters and
customs officers.
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NEW YORX, May 4.-The annual report Of
the New York chamber of commerce for the
year ending May 80 says that the trade of
the country is again firmly established on a
healthy basis; that the year has opened sat-
isfactorily and that the outlook is again en-
couraging. With regard to the interstate
commerce bill the report says: After two
years of debate, of alternate elation and dis
souragement, the National congress, resting
on the provisions of the constitution, has as.
serted its right to regulate commerce be-
Tween the states Under the control of a.
wise commission there will be an end to the
various wars among railroad companies,
and, we hope, such National regulations as
shall secure greater safety to the traveller.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-05-05
A Locomotive Boiler Explodes.

New HAVEN, Conn, May About Q
o'clock this morning as a switch engine In
charge of Engineer Berdell and w. D. Bates
was coming out of the Belle Dock round
house the boiler exploded. The engineer,
fireman and several other employees were
badly injured The shock of the explosion
was heard throughout the lower part of the
city. The injured are: Berdell, engineer,
badly cut about the head; w. d. Bates, fire.
man, badly cut and bruised; McMulley,
badly cut about the head and probably has
several ribs broken; John Askell, watchman,
cut about the head; William Dougall, badly
cut; Michael Reynolds, hurt in the back.
Three other persons, whose names have not
been learned, were also injured.
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PHILADELrE;> May 4.-Annie F. Quinn,
Or Mrs. Annie f. Smith, as she called her.
self, who claimed TO be the wife of Houston
Smith, Jr., whose tather died recently leav.
ing an estate valued at $4,000, to which the
woman's son laId claim, was shown by her
counsel in court yesterday to be an imposter
and perjurer. In working up the case he
found some mua5y old records which showed
that Annie F. Quinn had given birth to a
child at the same mouse and ON the same day
on which the alleged Mrs. Smith said her
son, the caimlur, was born. This showed
conclusively unaJ Annie F. Quinn and the
bogus Mrs. Smith were one and the same
person. Tae estate will now go to a daugh-
ter of Mi. Smt5u's. A reward of $4,000 had
been offered to Annie Quinn if she would
maize herself know, but under the name of
Mrs. Smith she deceived her counsel very
Successfully. She still denies that she Ia
Annie Quinn
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h.... OYNAMITERs.
Desperate wor's of tho Whisky Gang At
WtinrYlIIe. OhIn.

TOLEDO, O.. Say 4.-Six or eight months
ago the people " Eaterville, small town in
the southwest corner Of this county, voted In
favor of the locll option clause of the Dow
law, and the city council consequently Or
dered all saloons closed. This action engen-
dered bitter fea'ings bstween the saloon ele-
ment and the law and order people, and
many threats were made by the former Ono
man was arrested, tried and discharged,
Judge Pike hodlng the important sections Of
the law were unconstitutional
Since that ftm, the saloonists have been
Bmboldened and have defied the law. Last
night they hired two men, Jacob Miller and
Charles Schijiing, to blow up the Jail and
city buildings Dynamite shells were placed
under the bail IS, but when the time came
to fire them Jh4 nired agents weakened and
refused to do tle work, but were finally
urged and threatened until they consented.
The explosions Lid considerable damage to
the building bG- failed to complete their
destruction although they were badly shat
tered, incurr.rg ilmage of 81, 900 or So, 600
Miller and S1......ag have been arrested, and
were boual over. Great excitement pre-.
walls
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Among the NInIdnrs.

CINCINNATI, May 4.-Redway A. Sc Burton
are preparing to open their foundry next
Monday, but in the meantime they have been
negotiating with jobbing foundries in the
West End to have castings from st. Louis
struck patterns made there Among those
approached were SchaefRer & Co., Blynner g.
Co., Eureka foundry and Crane, Breed & Co.
A strike was almost precipitated among the
molders in the latter foundry by the report
that the patterns had been introduced there.
The molders are united in determination
not to handle the patterns. AS Redway &
Burton have their own foundry, their move
is regarded as shrewd attempt to force
new lockout among the molders, as under
the recent agreement apprentices will have
to handle the patterns
The Favorite Stove works started this morn
ing, and their management claim to have
more molders at work than before the lock-
out. The situation at Detroit remains un-
changed except that the patterns from other
ships are being introduced at lively rate.
At the Michigan Stove works they have ten
from the Central Stove works, Of Keokuk,
Iowa; at the Peninsular Stove works, five
from Cleveland and five from A. Bradley g.
Company, Pittsburg and at the Detroit
Stove works, four from Quincy, Ill,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-05-05
Rain in Texas.

FORT WORTH, Tex, May 4-Reports re-
ceived last night from thirty-two points
show that copious rains have fallen within
the past twenty-fo hours throughout north
Drn, central and western Texas, extending
north to Indian Territory and south beyond
Austin In some places in this territory not
enough rain has fallen at any one time
within eighteen months to settle the dust.
The reports indicate an average of eleven
hours hard rain. In several localities the
rain was preceded by a terrific wind storm.
Many outhouses were demolished and few
residences are reported wrecked, with some
people hurt. No one was killed, and $50, 900
will cover all the minor losses.
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$3.50 Per Y ear.
Los8Gg FIRE. :
An .n"no,n Elsvns"9 DaF At Louisville, K'H-

tucky-Other SJerty Destroyed.
LOUISVILLE, X : fay 3.-The immense
grain elevator q = warehouse Of Brown,
Johnson & Coz s. fourteenth and Maple
streets, burned q q clock this morning In
addition, the tory elevator of Strater
Bros, niIe loa( reight cars, and several
small RESIDENT ses in the neighborhoOd
were seriously aged or totally destroyed
The fire orig in the engine room Of
Brown, john ; Co s elevator. The mem-
bers of the it,.- 'e Joseph G. Brown, Mich
olas L. Johnson and Samuel G. Walker. The
warehouse was an extensive one and both il
and the elevator were well filled. Mr..
johnson said his loss would be heavy, but
he could not even form an estimate. II
would be in the neighborhood of 800 ,00Q
They were insured, he said, in companies
represented by Barbee & Castleman and
Theobald & Young, but not fully. From
another source it was estimated that their
insurance would not amount to over $50, 900.
The loss on the Strater elevator will reach
900 to $4,000 This is fully covered by
insurance, $4,000 Of which is on the building
and the remainder on the stock, in the Scott.
tsh Union and National, of Edinburgh, and
Lion Of London. The building was five stories
high, and was erected in 1882 1t was one AZ
the finest and perhaps the largest elevator In
the city, The loss on the cars will be about
$1,000, and the total loss is roughly estimated
at 5000, 900, including the residence buildings.
A scarcity of water crippled the fire depart
ment sorely.